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Nigeria: FG - North-East Will Be Secure for Vote
This Day, 18 March 2015
The Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, has said the insurgency-hit North-east region will be secure enough for voting to take place when delayed… Read more »
Nigeria's North-East Will Be Secure for Election - Govt
The authorities are confident they would have established adequate security to allow voting to go ahead in the region.
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Nigeria: Security Council Gives Condition for Polls in North East
Daily Trust, 17 March 2015
People of the troubled zone of North-east will exercise their voting rights in the coming elections only when all the structures of government and governance there are reinstated. Read more »
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Nigeria: Security Council Meets, Reviews Military Operations, Elections in N'East
This Day, 18 March 2015
With the rescheduled elections less than two weeks away, the Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, said on Tuesday that though several towns and villages had been… Read more »
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Nigeria: INEC Should Reassess Freed Areas - Security Chiefs
Daily Trust, 18 March 2015
Nigeria's security chiefs yesterday asked the electoral commission to reassess and evaluate the situation in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states as it proceeds with plans for the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Polls Must Be Free, Fair - Newspaper Owners
Leadership, 18 March 2015
The Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has insisted that the forthcoming general elections must hold as rescheduled and must be free, fair and credible. Read more »
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Nigeria: National Security Council Reviews Troops' Operations in N'East
This Day, 17 March 2015
The National Security Council presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday met at the Presidential Villa, where the operations of Nigerian troops in the North-east were… Read more »
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Nigeria: National Security Council Meets at Presidential Villa
This Day, 17 March 2015
The National Security Council presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday met at the Presidential Villa. Read more »
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Nigeria: Russia, Korea, Others Train Troops for Final Onslaught Against Boko Haram
Leadership, 18 March 2015
Foreign private security personnel from South Africa, Russia and South Korea are on ground in North East Nigeria to train Nigerian troops and are not engaged in frontline combat… Read more »
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Nigeria: Shehu - Boko Haram Does Not Have Its Roots in Borno
This Day, 18 March 2015
The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, on Tuesday said it was erroneous to trace the roots of the Boko Haram insurgency to Borno State, insisting that the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Woman Narrates Life Under Boko Haram Reign in Bama
Daily Trust, 18 March 2015
Trapped Bama residents were forced to accept the new regime of Boko Haram insurgents who introduced alien rules and order in the town for more seven months, a woman who left the… Read more »
InFocus
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The Nigerian police high command has warned of dire consequences for any member of the force who embarks on strike action on March 28 - the date set for the general elections. Read more »
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Top contenders and international organisations have appealed for a peaceful response to the announcement of postponed elections in Nigeria. Election Commission Chairman Attahiru ... Read more »
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Members of the opposition All Progressives Congress have stormed out of the House of Representatives in protest against proposed plans to deploy troops during elections in March ... Read more »
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Analysts are questioning the ability of former president General Muhammed Buhari and incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan to successfully lead the country, as the race for the ... Read more »
